Books can give you a more in-depth experience of getting started with Flare than videos and web sites can. Once you’re up and running, they make for great desk references!

Five Steps to MadCap Flare walks you through setting up your first projects, creating your first topics and publishing your first output with MadCap Flare. It’s especially useful for lone writers who find Flare’s learning curve daunting.

MadCap Flare Developer’s Guide by Scott DeLoach, see his ClickStart blog above, is by comparison a bit more modular, so it’s easier to dip in, if you need help with individual tasks.

MadCap also has a host of good resources on their website. Their knowledge base contains the version release notes and other information straight from the Flare developers.

“How would you start learning Flare?” if you had little or no budget? The Flare Users group on LinkedIn provides several answers.